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The Next Expansion

flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
I'll start here by stating that nothing I claim here (as far as I am aware at least) is official. I've noticed however in a couple of other posts (by other people) it has been mentioned that the main season behind Season 9 being limited (in content) is because Cryptic are busy working on the next big expansion. Again, I don't claim this to be an absolute truth, I'm only going from what I've otherwise read about.

Now I'd see another expansion being like LoR, in that it wouldn't be defined as a Season. If big releases come every six months, then we'll likely see Season 10 around April/May 2015. If, within the next six months we do get an expansion though, one that is to the scale that LoR was (as has been speculated) does anyone have any guesses as to what it'll be? If not, what would you like?

With Season 8 and 9 being Sphere focused (the latter headed into the Delta Quadrant) I can't see a second mini faction. Those Cardassian or Dominion fans out there are likely going to have to wait a little longer (if not, for eternity). I don't think there's any Delta Quadrant species that would present a big enough prospect to turn into a faction either, but it does stand to reason that said expansion will be focused more towards Voyagers route home than anything we've already got.

What that may mean for us? Well the obvious is more sectors to explore, more duty officer assignments, more star clusters to explore, and more factions (NPC) to fight. If we're lucky we'll also witness the Borg obliterating every last Kazon in existence.

It should be noted too, that even though LoR did focus hugely on the Romulans (obviously) it also rebooted the KDF side, in addition to adding warp cores, edited/updated missions and a whole bunch of other stuff.

This means that for us, another expansion could touch up existing content in addition to adding the new stuff. I'd still like the Republic to find their Independence (Season 9 has ended the FEDvKDF conflict, so is there a need for the alliance system?) ~ I suppose that's wishful thinking as the Republic are too much integrated, I can accept that and move on.

Would be nice if they received more though; bridge officer species and ships being at the forefront of that. Would also be nice if tailor options were opened up on limited bridge officers too (I know that's me beating a dead horse, but I remain optimistic about this one).

As per newer content. What happened to the Vidiian? What state are the Krenim in at the moment? What about the Devore? Maybe we could even get a look at the Fen Domar?

Please don't TRIBBLE up. :)
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  • crm14916crm14916 Member Posts: 1,545 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    LoR didn't come until the middle of season 7 though... so we may have to wait 'till the middle of season 14 or 15...

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  • zathri83zathri83 Member Posts: 514 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Hopefully the deletion of pakled versus pakled.
  • originalspockoriginalspock Member Posts: 809 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    crm14916 wrote: »
    LoR didn't come until the middle of season 7 though... so we may have to wait 'till the middle of season 14 or 15...

    CM

    Actually the expansion will be dropping sometime this year or early next. (Via Geckos words)
  • szerontzurszerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It's been stated for almost half a year that Expansion 2 will probably be landing towards the end of 2014. Just as LoR was originally labelled as a Season 8 update, Expansion 2 will likely replace the regular content update around that time of the year.

    What I've gathered so far:
    -It's very likely we'll see a crafting revamp.
    -The skill revamp didn't make the schedule.
    -It will be "as big as Legacy of Romulus".
    -There won't be a new playable faction.

    Observations:
    -The environmental artists have been pretty busy with Season 9(ESD, Undine Battlezone, multiple queue events, Undine bridges, etc.).
    -Conversely, I'm curious what the ship artists are up to. Aside from the Constellation parts and some concept art for some kind of Risian Passenger Liner with solar sails and what looked like forward avenger-styled cannons, I'm really not sure what they're working on, but it feels like some of their workflow is being diverted.. somewhere.
    -There hasn't been a lot of formal discussion about PvP(it feels 'hushed'), but there have been some updates trickling in over the recent patches/updates.
    -Foundry is offline for an indeterminate amount of time.
  • chiyoumikuchiyoumiku Member Posts: 1,028 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    All I know is they said expansion 2 sometime later this year (In fact D'Angelo at the time of the P1 interview said they were 3 weeks into it, development wise) and the fact that Garret Wang stole their surprise. So I can only assume "Harry Kim" and something involving him xD
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  • rock3tmanrock3tman Member Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I just hope they give us the Dauntless class, its one of the best looking ships I have seen in Star Trek :D
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Magnets... Thats what the next expansion is about... Magnets.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
    Like Duty Officers? Support effords to gather ideas
  • ejsphcrispejsphcrisp Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    flash525 wrote: »
    Would also be nice if tailor options were opened up on limited bridge officers too (I know that's me beating a dead horse, but I remain optimistic about this one).

    Would this be like a ship's dress code?
  • artfulmerkageartfulmerkage Member Posts: 294 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It will probably be an aspect of the Delta Quadrant.
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    ejsphcrisp wrote: »
    Would this be like a ship's dress code?
    That too, but I was specifically on about being able to customize our Jem Hadar or Romulan (via Embassy) Bridge Officers.
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